~17 watts
The brain runs continuously on only ~17 watts of power. By comparison, a large high-performance computing cluster uses up to six orders of magnitude more power, operating at ~2 megawatts. […] The capacity of the human brain to adaptively predict, process, and act on complex information comes with a considerable energy burden. Although it accounts for only 2% of body weight, the human brain accounts for 20% of its resting metabolism, more than tenfold the amount expected based on its weight [4]. This requirement is even greater at the peak of early childhood neurodevelopment when it uses up to half of the basal nutritional requirements of the body.
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In an interview with the Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera this past week, Bannon said Musk “should go back to South Africa,” where he was born, and be denied privileged access to the West Wing. […] Bannon told the newspaper: “Why do we have South Africans, the most racist people on earth, White South Africans … making any comments at all on what goes on in the United States?” […] The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Musk has a top-secret security clearance, but questions about his foreign entanglements and drug use have precluded him from accessing more privileged information.
The state of Florida is suing a Miramar-based medical company to recover almost 6 million dollars in COVID response overpayments. Congresswoman Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was the CEO of Trinity Healthcare Services at the time. […] Trinity sent an invoice of $50,578.50 to the state. […] By June, the state paid that invoice. However, a clerical error resulted in Trinity receiving $5,057,850. Over time, the state overpaid Trinity another three-quarters of a million dollars. By 2024, the state realized the errors, totaling more than $5.7 million. […] Trinity ‘took advantage of the state of emergency and knowingly processed an invoice more than 100 times its typical invoice size.” […] Cherfilus-McCormick claimed her salary at Trinity Health Care Services was by more than 6 million dollars in 2021. […] “She spent a lot of money and there were questions, at the time, as to how did she get all of this money”
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will not consider whether to quash lawsuits brought by Honolulu seeking billions of dollars from oil and gas companies for the damage caused by the effects of climate change, clearing the way for the cases to move forward.
Scientists have identified new genetic risk factors for depression across all major global populations after a study involving five million participants, giving hope for new treatments. [study]
In a 1958 essay, economist Leonard Read argued that no one knows how to make a pencil. In a complex economy, the components of this simple implement — cedar, lacquer, graphite, ferrule, factice, pumice, wax, and glue — are contributed by a network of specialists who never meet. “There isn’t a single person … including the president of the pencil company, who contributes more than a tiny, infinitesimal bit of know-how.” As if to disprove this idea, student Thomas Thwaites set out in 2009 to build a toaster from scratch.
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The Hollywoodland Sign was erected in 1923 as a temporary advertisement for a local real estate development. Due to increasing recognition, the sign was left up, with the last four letters “LAND” removed in 1949. The sign was entirely replaced in 1978 with a more durable all-steel 45-foot-tall (13.7 m) structure and concrete footings.
